320 ci.xxiii. GRAMINE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Era^/rosHs, 0. Stapf. 



distanf scabernlous, Pproading, fl.-xaous, simple at the base; pedicels as Ion- or 

 Joiigcr th.in the pale olive-^rreeti spikelets. Ol. I l-nerved ; II 1-3-nerred; racliilla 

 tough, internodes iihmit ^^^-J- in.; fl^. pls. tV in., nerves strong. Stamens 3; 

 autbcrs linear, about ^^ iu. Grain J^ in. long. -A stately species. 



14 XJ. tremula, Horhat. ex Sleud. Syn. Gi-am. 269 ; leaf-margins 

 eRiandular, panicle lar^e o^rate very loose branches solitary, pedicels very 

 slender, spikelets versatile 1 in, or more linear narrowed upwards 10-70-fld,, 

 empty gis. subequal subobtuse, rachilla tough glabrous, flg. gls. close-set 

 very broadly ovate subobtuse, palea obovate-obloug persistent keels scabricl, 

 grain globose. Duthie Fodd Gra.fs. K. Ind. 65, t. 79 ; Lishoa in Journ. 

 Bomb. 2s ai. Hist. Soc. vii. (1893) 382; Boisa. Fl. Orient, v. 581. B. multi- 

 Hora, Trm. in Mem. Acad. Feter^h. Ser. VI. i. (18il) 401 ; Dah. 4' Gihi. 

 Bomb. FL 298; Dnthi^ Grass. N.W. Ind. 38; Aitchi.^. Cat. Punjab. K 



Ib'J. til. rharibitrie.hn TTnfh t>f e^ 



Ml 



Poa 



curvdta, m Heyne ex Wall. Cat. n. 3849. P. multiBora, E'Kcb. Fl. Ind. i. 

 338 (»o« Forsk.}. P. tremula, Lamk. lllust, i. 18.5 ; Kixntli I. c. 332. 

 Eragrost. ^^ all. Cat. I.e. 



Northern India ; from the Panjab to Bengal and Burma, and southward to 

 the Carnatic— DiSTRiB, AiTghan., Africa trop. 



_ Aiiuuai. Steias densely tufted, suberect, 6-24 in., leafy chiefly at the some- 

 times hardened base. Leaves few, short, very narrow; mouth of sheath slightly 

 lunry. Panicle often as long as the rest of the plant and 8 in. broad, nodding; 

 laclus glabrous, axils bearded, branchlets and pedicels rontrhish ; pedicels longer or 

 sliorter that, the spikelets which are pale green or puniiish. Empty gh. -^^—\ '"" 

 1 -nerved ; intoruodes of racliilla J^ in., thickened upwards ; fl<-. gls, Jg-rV »"•' t^"''*'* 

 strong ; palea a little shorter than its gl. Stamens 3, anthers tAtt in. G^Vatn hardly 

 x\, 111. diam, ^"^ 



15. E. major, Host. Oram. Atistr. iv. 14, t. 24; leaf-margins (in 

 Indian specimens) glandular, panicle oblong to ovate-oblong stiff, branches 

 subsohtary spreading, pedicels very short, spikelets A-^ in. ovate-oblong 

 or linear few to 50-tld., empty gls. ovate acute, racnilla tough, flg. g\ 

 broadly ovate subacute, palea broadly obovate much curved, keels scabrid 

 or ciholate grain globose. E. flexuosa, Steud. Syn. Gram. 266; D".ihxe 

 Lrrass A. IF. 2nd. 37. E. megastachya. Link Enum. Ilort. BeroK i. ISi ; 

 Jfi^nthhnum. Fl. i. 333 ; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 91 ; Wig/d Gat. n. 177S ; 

 Uwaites Fnum. Fl. Zeyl. 3/3 ; Trim. Cut. Cenl. PI. 109 ; Aitchis. Cat 

 layab Fl 109; Buthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 38, Fodd. Grcuss. N. Ind. «;>- 



\ ^■■''- oo^" ''^ '^^'"'"- ^'^'"''- ^«^- I^^si- Soc. vii. (1893) 382; Ledeh. H- 

 ii-'^ss. IV. 382 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient. y.bSO. E. multitlora, .UcAe'-s- ^«^ -^^^''*'- 

 /.c. E. poaeoides, r>n"«. in Mem. Acad. Peterth. Ser. VI. i- (1831)404. 

 b. vulgaris var. megastachya, Coss. et Bur. F'l. Alqer 148. Poa cilianensis. 

 •Ju^'^'"'''- "• 210, t. 91, f. 2. P. elegans, Rerb. Wight ^' Herb. Uo^; 

 ..'; IJ all. Cat. n. 3828 C. D. P. Eragrostis, Cav. Ic. i. GS, t. 92 ; Sibth. FJ- 

 i'nec.t.tS. P. Hcxuosa, 2v'o*6. FL /«(/. i. 339. P. m\x\Ui\orn, For.^k. !'■ 

 fuj.Arab.2l P. polymorpha, Koen. ex Wall. I. c. n. 3828 A. P-^f' 



'''■.TJ'!'^^^^ '"^'^- ^^^'"'^- "'• ^^^- P- s"l^=ecunda , Herb. Ham. ex Wall. I. c 

 n. .^8-8 D. P. tortuosa, Sprenff. Si/d. Veg. i. 3i5. Mfga.stachya Era- 

 gi-osti«, Beauv._ Ayrost. 74. Briza Eragrostis, Linn. Sp. Fl 70 ; Schreh. 

 Jipsrh. irrivs. ,1.^ 74. B. oblouga, Moeneh. Meth. 185.— Eragrostis, « «''■ 



Thronghout the Plains and lower Hills of India and BubMA, ascending ^^ 

 5200 tt. in the Himalaya. Ceylon, (C.P. 3i63),-Di3TB'B. Westward to S. Kuroj?^, 

 A;ia trop. and subtrop. 



